The Blood Soaked English House Spirit, Crouched on a Pile of Foulmouthed Children’s Bones, Who’s Potentially Living Under Your Sink!

It’s funny every time I think we’ve drawn all the English house spirits, I check the books, and there’s another fun one! And much like the Red Cap this one’s murdery as hell!

Bloody Bones technically qualifies as a nursery bogey, meaning his telling was often used to frighten children into good behavior. Bloody Bone’s specialty was eating all but the bones of children who swore. Then he’d just hang out covered in dripping gore, crouching on said bones waiting for another child to slip up so he could feast again.

Originally said to be related to watery locales where he would drag said children back to the edge of say a pond or marsh… as time went on and plumbing moved inside so did the beast, so nowadays, he hangs in dark corners of your house near water sources (maybe check under your kitchen sink as a fine example).

Here are your official descriptors:

Originally from England but there are foul mouthed kids across the globe so…

Small wirey and frightening looking frame with a face drenched in dripping blood

Almost always crouching on a pile of human bones, and when not, assume he’s still crouching, as its the scariest of the ready to pounce, predatory poses!

Really hates swearing

Really like eating children

Our Judge this round was my Mom! It was just mothers day and if it weren’t for her loving consistent encouragement of creative outlets and unique look on life we probably would have this site to doodle on. So to celebrate let’s give mom the judges gavel and say thanks for being my mom.

Judge’s favorite is #5!

It’s funny, had I had even an inkling of forethought I would have perhaps picked a less bloodthirsty/child murdering beast for the occasion. (But hey that’s why Mom’s love us right?) So judgement was accompanied by lots of Eeeeeek!s and a few Ohh!!s but once we filtered through the obvious nightmare fodder and got down to some acceptable choices. It was the smiling face on our Mr Clean bogey that closed the deal. “at least he looks happy” she said and that’s good enough for me!

There you go! Fight it as long as you wish but know the judge’s word is law. And even though the contest is done we’ll always welcome new Bloody Bones drawings for the archives! So draw on and remember, 25 beasts drawn earns you a shirt!

Yes! now that’s a nightmarish hellscape! I can’t quite register scale nor location… and once that’s gone…I mean I don’t think I had kids… but is that just cause this guy ate em?… Oh and that lil muffin top is pretty great!

Oooh he sorta reminds me of my favorite movie zombie, the overbitten, wobbly headed one in the basement from “Return of the Living Dead”! And always a fan of what looks to be a science project volcano level of bloody drool!

See Ralphie there are endings to that spilled lug nut scene far worse than the bar of soap in the mouth!… I’m kinda out of season with this one but for some reason when i think cursing, I’ll always go back to that slow motion “fuuuudge”!…

Unintentionally combining some of my favorite things! First there’s nothing like the awe inspiring mood set by a good cold gray surf. And second anyone who knows me, has had to listen to me extole the virtues of the old Kids n the Hall intro where Kevin Mcdonald eats a drumstick in the shower, and while there’s no breading, its freaking close enough!

Yes! Now that’s a re-branding I can get behind, picking dirty bones clean! Now more importantly has anyone ever actually owned one of those propeller hats beyond as part of a tweedle dee costume? I swear they’re like R.O.U.S.s in that I don’t truly believe they exist! Btw nice to see a grizzled vet stop back in!

I love how english seanbeasts always look entertainingly more grunge than american seanbeasts! Great emaciation! …and safe to assume, to prove his point, he sits a child down, builds and entire new child out of seitan colored with beets, then consumes him, explaining the whole time how unpleasant this all could be….?

Man! Points for clown inclusion and best properly dismal under sink cabinet and I’m of the opinion that CDeez joke will never get old! Also when aren’t spider eyes terrifying? and I’m a huge fan of the full assortment of accessories and cabinet detritus especially that adorable lil rat!

Haha! I love these… cause a lil bit… you know this made the artist feel a tiny bit better about his/her day! But let’s take a second and examine those insanely zipper-like bone cleaning teef as I still stand by the old rule of the more teeth… the better to eat you with rule!

Hahaha! Excuse me sir, but could you happen to spare a ha-penny? I’ve only just eaten this foul childrens and i could really use a refreshing pint Also nice work following the judges trending to “no eyes”!